Reshaping Reality

July 6, 2021

My Open Letter to City Designers

I originally wrote this email for the Des Moines City Council. For the past year, I’ve adjusted the verbiage to reflect what I’ve heard in their City Council Meetings with the Public. I also adjust the bullet points and actions I (and others) wish to see them take. Otherwise, most of the letters are verbatim Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Race, transgender

ableism, access, accessibility, Accessible Cities, disability, disability justice, Disability Pride, Fight Ableism, Homelessness, No More Ableism
May 28, 2018

Game Project — The Sun Rises

The Sun Rises and Game Writing Game design has been an interesting field to me for a while, but I haven’t been interested in the programming aspect. I was interested in the actual narrative of the gameplay and the creation of the world and characters. So writing the game script was far more interesting me Continue reading

Characters, Elivera, Game Writing, Writing

game design, game-narrative, video game
May 25, 2018

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo I first heard about this book while it was being written. I follow Ijeoma Oluo’s Facebook Page and Twitter, and enjoy her witty analysis of current events, odd happenstance, and biting mic drops. Finding her voice was partly due to a friend I know who Continue reading

Feminism, Race, Reviews, Writing

anti-racism, communication, discussion, discussion tips, framing discussions, Race, racism
April 29, 2018

On How I curated my 2018 Reading List

I’ve been meaning to update my blog with my reading goals, but I took awhile to decide what to read this year. Part of this is because I had to establish where I stand in relation to my healing journey, my spiritual journey, and my social justice activism. I also needed to build up my Continue reading

Author, Books, Feminism, History, Race, Writing

accountability, fiction, forgiveness, healing, justice, life, Race, reading list, social justice, spirituality, truth
April 17, 2018

Clarification of Entangled Truths

In my last entry, I discussed my spiritual and/or political journey. I avoid discussion of religion a lot on this blog, mostly because I want to focus more on my writing, art, and science. However, I wanted to offer this clarification as a way to frame the context of the Entangled Truths post. After this, Continue reading

Author, Feminism, Race, Writing

Christianity, Core beliefs, framing discussions, Freedom of religion, gender identity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Race, religion, sexual orientation, social justice, truth
April 10, 2018

Entangled Truths: A Journey

Entangled Truths A Journey of Hard and Important Lessons Content Note: Discussion of faith, spiritual abuse, abuse mentions, sexual assault mentions, death threats. EDIT as of 7/18/2021: I talked through the trauma of this story with my therapist, and he pointed out that the “therapy” my family drove me too in 2004-2006 was actually conversion Continue reading

Author, Feminism, Race, Writing

anti-racism, Bible, Christianity, environment, feminism, gender identity, intersectional, intersectional feminism, Jesus, nonbinary, pro-choice, pro-life, Race, sexual orientation, spiritual journey, theology
March 17, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time

When I was a child, I read Madeline L’Engle’s books to death. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my ultimate favorites, and I read it nearly as many times as I read A Ring of Endless Light (from her Austin series). There was this sense of magic despite the science nature of the Murray’s Continue reading

Books, movies, Reviews, Writing

A Wrinkle in Time, Ava Duvernay, Banned Books, control, empathy, evil, hate, healing, light, love, Meg Murry, movie, trauma
March 4, 2018

An Art Show

For the month of March, my fractal art will be on display at the local Unitarian Universalist Church! This means I may have potential buyers for my art. My pricing really depends on the piece. I do not give out the digital copy unless the person is willing to pay for that extra, and it’s Continue reading

Art, Author

art show, commissions, fractal, fractal art
February 24, 2018

Thoughts on Gun Control and America’s Gun Violence Problem

Guns were invented for killing, and yet they are barely regulated at all in some states. Human lives should matter more than guns, and the science of gun control shows that it works in stemming gun violence. We are literally the only ‘developed’ country in the world who has this problem. This is a Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Feminism, History, Race, Science

constitution, education, empathy, enthusastic consent, gun control, gun violence, healthy masculinity, law, mass shootings, mental health, regulating guns, Toxic masculinity
January 15, 2018

An Intention to Explore Ideas and Beliefs

This post covers ideas such as intentions do not erase consequences, positive outlooks should not ignore injustice, and journalism is rarely if ever 100% objective. Continue reading

Writing
December 31, 2017

2018: Dawn of a New Year

2017 has been a time of recovery for me. Most of it I spent sick or healing from trauma. Politics have made life a living hell in my current country, especially due to terrible policies that harm oppressed/marginalized groups to a large degree. This hasn’t really helped my health at all, but at least I Continue reading

Art, Author, Blogging, Books, Writing

2018, commissions, fractal art, new year, novel, short story, top surgery, writing